Chasing Cheerios

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Half-Birthday Cake in a Mug

Celebrating half-birthdays has been a tradition in our family since O(7) was a baby. The girls love it, and it's a simple way to have fun together as a family. This year O(7) decided that she wanted to bake cake in mugs for her half bday celebration. We did this a few years ago, but I couldn't remember what we did. I asked my mom to find the simplest and quickest way to bake cake in a mug (since I had to work on O's half bday and wouldn't be home until after 7pm). Luckily, I can always count on my mom!

Here's what we did...we mixed one box of angel food cake mix in a large bowl with a box of brownie mix (my mom said to use cake mix, but I only had brownie mix). After stirring the 2 mixes together thoroughly, we put 3 tablespoons of the mixture into a mug along with 2 tablespoons of water. We mixed it together thoroughly and microwaved the mixture for 1 minute. Done! It really doesn't get much simpler than that! While the girls and I were mixing up the cake and microwaving it, my mom was making a whipped cream topping. It was delicious!!!

Here is a picture of the cake before we added the topping. It doesn't look very pretty, but it tasted great!

Adding the topping...

Here's the cake after O(7) added her 7 and a half hot pink candles :)

After singing "Happy Half-Birthday" to O and my mom (they share a birthday), we ate the delicious cake. We had so much fun, and it was so simple...a great snack and activity for movie night or a sleepover party, too!

About Me

Welcome to Chasing Cheerios! I am a mostly stay at home mom (I work 45 days per year as a School Psychologist) of 2 girls and wife to Elliott. "O" is 6 years old, and "E" is 2. We love to do Montessori inspired activities with our girls as well as fun art, science, nature, and cooking projects. I also love to make things with and for my girls. Please contact me with any questions at ChasingCheerios@gmail.com

I put together this activity for O(5) a few months ago to take on vacation. It was super simple to put together. I used sharpie marker ...

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